FROM EINSTEIN TO NANOTECHNOLOGY
or
THE MAGIC AND BEAUTY of (NANO-)SMALL
BAOTOU, APRIL 26, 2011
WORKING AT AN EVER SMALLER SCALE
SHAPED THE
TECHNICAL REVOLUTIONS OF THE PAST
For BOTH of THEM:
YOU NEVER KNOW “WHAT; WHEN, and by WHOM”
SEQUENCE OF THINKING
WHAT WOULD CHANGE IF I COULD DO IT ?
WHAT IS IMPORTANT THAT I DO IT ?
HOW CAN I DO IT ?
1769
PHYSICAL TASKS
IT REVOLUTION
THE MICRO SCALE MICRO-ELECTRONICS, MICRO-MECHANICS
.1925.. 1934… 1945…,
1947
SIMPLE MENTAL TASKS
NANO REVOLUTION ?
..1905…….
“TOP-DOWN”
From simple MOLECULES to large
FUNCTIONAL SUPRA-MOLECULES
“BOTTOM-UP”
BIOLOGY as HYBRID of BOTH APPROACHES
1905 “ANNUS MIRABILIS” or the “WONDER YEAR” Photoelectric effect
SYNTHEZISED
MICRO- AND MACROSHAPES, MOTIONS, AND PROCESSES